 | Calvin J. Roetzel - 1972 - 228 páginas
...refuse, in order that I may gain Christ... that I may know him and the power of his resurrection... Not that I have already obtained this or am already...my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. While salvation is known in a limited way now, Paul still struggles against Satan. The Devil frustrates... | |
 | Anthony A. Hoekema - 1975 - 160 páginas
...verses further on he says, "Not that I have already obtained this [the resurrection from the dead} or am already perfect; but I press on to make it my own. . . . Brethren, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but one thing I do, forgetting what lies... | |
 | E. P. Sanders - 1977 - 650 páginas
...sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that if possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained this or am already...my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. (Phil. 3.4-12) But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a custodian; for in Christ Jesus... | |
 | Ruth Burrows - 1978 - 136 páginas
...own conversion was complete according to the grace of the moment. 'Not that I have already obtained or am already perfect; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own' (Phil 3 : 12). To speak of Paul's conversion as the conversion of a sinner in the sense we usually... | |
 | Hans Urs von Balthasar - 1982 - 716 páginas
...the very form of his death, and if (ei nuc;) possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect; but I run after it so as to grasp it, because Christ Jesus has already grasped me' (Phil 3.1off.). Everything... | |
 | Judith Allen Shelly, Sandra D. John - 2009 - 184 páginas
...life on this earth and for the afterlife. St. Paul shows a healthy view of the future when he says, "I do not consider that I have made it my own; but one thing 1 do, forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal... | |
 | Fred O. Francis, J. Paul Sampley - 1984 - 420 páginas
...air; and so we shall always be with the Lord. Phil 3:1 2-1 6 THE UPWARD CALL; THE RACE §248 1 •' Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect; but I press on to make ht my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own ' "Brethren, I do not consider that I have made... | |
 | E.E. Shelp - 1985 - 394 páginas
...think theologically about virtue. The tensions are nicely captured by St. Paul in one short verse: "Not that I have already obtained this or am already...my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own" (Philippians 3:12; RSV). Both ways of talking about virtue are necessary and will be necessary for... | |
 | Charles Wesley Lowry - 1986 - 452 páginas
...death, that if possible I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already attained this or am already perfect; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.20 Finally, there is the great tribute to the love of Christ in Ephesians, a unique epistle masterful... | |
 | Frank M. Loewenberg - 1988 - 200 páginas
...but which they never achieve. A more realistic approach may be the one presented in Philippians 3.12: "Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect; but I press on to make it my own. ..." Those who want to achieve nothing less than complete perfection assume responsibility for events... | |
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Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 
